Commit 2022-08-22 21:53 abb635ff
View on Github →feat(number_theory/legendre_symbol/quadratic_reciprocity): switch to Gauss sum proof, clean-up (#16171)
This PR is (for now) the final step in the quest to change the proof of Quadratic Reciprocity from using the Gauss and Eisenstein lemmas to using the results for quadratic characters of general finite fields obtained from properties of the quadratic Gauss sum. In addition, there is some clean-up of the file and some further results (e.g., on the quadratic character of -2
and some versions of the law of quadratic reciprocity that are probably easier to use), and the documentation has been extended.
The Gauss and Eisenstein lemmas have been moved to number_theory/legendre_symbol/gauss_eisenstein_lemmas
(where the auxiliary results needed for them have already been residing).
I have opened a topic on this under "PR reviews".